Category: Modern Life

Looking at how we’re evolving culturally, and how humanity engages with itself, for good and for ill.

Sunlight Rising

Carl Setzer

A moth fluttering
Upon the grass stalks
The rising sunlight

The Dark Before Dawn

Carl Setzer

Still dark
No hints of dawn
Yet I know
It will come

I am awake in the early morning, pondering all that troubles me. 

Embrace Your Boldest Dreams

Carl Setzer

Embrace your bold dreams 

Seek the extraordinary

Become all you can

This Sunlit Sunday 

Carl Setzer

​Walking upon the shore

Sunlight landing upon my face 

My skin warm, nicely so

Friend talk, warmed hearts 

And children yet again taller 

Than a moment ago 

Evoking parental wonder, and triggering

Eternal frustration for children 

Focus on Love 

Carl Setzer

Choosing direction
May sometimes be a challenge
Please focus on love

Relearning to Dream Boldly

Carl Setzer

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Faith’s Srength: A Haiku 

Carl Setzer

Faith’s strength comes from trust 

Belief in benevolent

Energies driving 

Beginnings, Endings

Carl Setzer

Beginnings moving

Forwards towards middles, motion

Ends; begin anew

An early morning meditation

Carl Setzer

The doom of choosing
I’m afraid of being wrong
Predawn tree’s stillness

Waking Early To Rain

Carl Setzer

Rain marching downwards

Gravity’s relentless draw 

Early morning thoughts